Chicago Public School Boys Basketball Finals News

 
High school news & notes
Chicago Sun-Times
Curie basketball coach Mike Oliver was inducted into the Chicago Public League Basketball Coaches Association's Hall of Fame earlier this month. Oliver was inducted with 13 former Public League players, including King's Efrem Winters and Hubbard's ...


 
Postmortem on Joliet West girls soccer hazing incident
Joliet Herald News
The honorees included softball catcher Bri Thompson, girls basketball point guard Khadija Cooley, boys basketball players Marlon Johnson and Brian Edwards, football running back SaVaughn Alexander and baseball center fielder Jeff Gersch.


 
BBall Breakdown, On Boozer's NBA All-Defense Vote: "I Thought It Was April 1st"
SB Nation (blog)
Aside from his great site -- which "focuses on the lost fundamentals that make basketball great" -- he's also the head Boys Basketball Coach at Birmingham High School in California. And to top it all off, he's a Bulls fan.

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Chicago Walk Now for Autism Speaks Will Raise Awareness and Funds for Autism ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The chapter has also worked with Chicago Public Schools, introducing and training teachers and school personnel on the use of the Autism Speaks School Community Tool Kit. Walk Now for Autism Speaks is a unique fundraising event that offers a safe and ...

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NBCSports.com
Alvin Abreu, one of college basketball's hidden gems
NBCSports.com
He graduated at the ripe, young age of 17, which allowed him a chance to attend two different prep schools — The Gunnery in Connecticut and Boys to Men Academy in Chicago — before accepting a scholarship offer to UNH, one of just two he received.

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Mike Helfgot on boys basketball blog | Morgan Park could be a player in Public ...
Chicago Tribune
Mike Helfgot on High School Football and Basketball Bio | E-mail | Recent columns Maps Morgan Park High School, Chicago, IL 60643, USA Warren High School, 34090 Almond Rd, Gurnee, IL 60031, USA The 6-4 Garrett, expected to play the point in college, ...

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Prep all-star game: Hoops with a higher purpose
Chicago Sun-Times
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has endorsed the day and has signed the code of non-violence that Susan Van Lier, Norm's widow, has asked each player to sign and hopes to have everyone in the entire Chicago Public School system someday sign. It begins, “I, ______, ...

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